Missing From: Marshall, Michigan
Missing: March 12, 2004
Age at Disappearance: 39
Height: 5′ 6″
Weight: 160
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. Mary’s ears and navel are pierced and she has a scar on her left arm from a polio vaccination. She wears brown-framed eyeglasses for reading, and keeps her fingernails well-manicured. Mary has a ripped right earlobe and has a brown birthmark on her buttocks.
Details of Disappearance: Mary was last seen between 10:00 and 10:30 p.m. on March 12, 2004, walking away from her apartment in the vicinity of the 1200 block of Arms Street in Marshall, Michigan. She had an argument with her live-in fiance, Christopher Luke Pratt, that evening.
Mary may have been intoxicated at the time. She became upset and told Pratt she was going for a walk, and he saw her walking around the carport. She never returned home and has never been heard from again. She left her clothes, cellular phone, engagement ring and keys behind at her home, but she took her white mesh purse with her. Her brother reported her missing. Dogs tracked Mary’s scent to a nearby motel after she went missing. There was no indication of her whereabouts at the motel, however. Mary’s has not used her bank account or credit cards since her disappearance. Police are calling her disappearance suspicious.
Mary has two adult children. Most of her family lives in California; her parents moved there only days before her disappearance. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance; her case remains unsolved. She was declared legally dead in April 2011.
Investigative Agency:Marshall Police Department 269-781-2596
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